Bezzecchi out of Czech MotoGP after slapping steward (opens in new tab)

The 27-year-old Italian Aprilia Racing rider crashed out of the sprint with two laps to go. TV footage on TNT Sports showed Bezzecchi running towards a steward, pushing him and then slapping him in the face as the steward was standing over his bike in the gravel. "Bezzecchi will not race in the Czech GP," MotoGP said on its website. A document published by the FIM MotoGP Stewards association told Bezzecchi that "following a crash you pushed and struck circuit Marshals who were trying to recov...